Montreal opponents blame the city for a deadlocked social housing project

Before the city's annual move in Quebec Opponents are the mayor of Valerie Plante for three deadlocked social housing projects in the city's vulnerable areas.

However, the mayor's office said he did everything he could to move the project forward, and state funding explained why these units were not built. He accused him of being very inadequate.

Since the beginning of the housing crisis, July 1st has become a horror show for dozens of Montreals who can't find affordable homes. After the traditional end of renting many apartments last year, more than 100 householdshave no place to sleep.

Opposition said the Plante administration had shown that it could not fulfill its promise to build social housing units.

Governing Projet Montréal has promised 6,000 new units a year in 10 years, but has not built the 4,750 units promised from the last mission, opposition housing critics said. Sonny Moroz said Ensemble Montreal.

"How do you reach 60,000 promised units if you can't build these projects in the most vulnerable areas," Moroz said.

Moroz emphasized the three projects that make up 180 units. The old Armstrong factory near Namur Metro and Bates Road in Notre Dame de Grasse in Cote de Neige. The third project is located in de l’ Épée Ave. In the Park-Extension district.

Everything goes through the process of being built in the city, but we are waiting for funding from the Accès-Logis program (mainly funded by the state).

Bates Road project. The year after the city sold the landto Les Habitationspopulaires Parc-Extension (Hapopex) and built 31 studios and a one-bedroom apartment, it was a blast.

"Côte des Neiges-It's an early warning when more than 2,400 people are waiting for social and affordable housing in Notre Dame de Grasse. It will fall in 7 or 8 years, "Moros said.

"We have already voted for these projects at the council level and have been lowered in priority. We need to explain how and when these projects will be developed.

City executive committee spokesman Marikym Gaudreault said Montreal was terribly in short supply by state. She said the city demanded $ 265 million over the next five years to fund an unprocessed housing project, but received only $ 30 million. Therefore, I had to make a specific choice.

Moroz wants to know why these particular projects have been postponed.

"There is no timeline. If you win another $ 30 million, you will be on that list."

Park-Extension councilor One Mary Delos said she was dissatisfied with the lack of progress in the de l'Épée Ave. project, especially as the Autonomous Region Council approved the dismantling permit and was able to begin construction in March. rice field.

"I'm very disappointed," Delos said. "Every day, people call me from people who can't afford to raise their rent. Everyone is patient and hopefully waiting for De Lepe's public housing. Many have hope and we Everyone was disappointed. "

Thursday, ROMEL, Hapopex, Brique-par-Brique spokespersons were the organizations leading the social housing project in question and did not receive any comments.

Residential lobby Front d’ action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) is directly responsible for the government of Prime Minister François Lugoh.

"Why can the Lugo administration ignore the housing crisis so badly? How can we abandon thousands of such desperate tenant households?" FRAPRU spokesman Véronique Laflamme said in a statement.

In the previous state budget, no additional social housing units were announced, but "the shortage of rental housing affects almost everything in Quebec and is a dramatic percentage in some places. -And moderately-income tenants are unacceptable, "Rahram said.

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